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The Third Generation

6.019791h 50mNRMovieComedyCrimeDrama

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
WriterRainer Werner Fassbinder
ProducersRainer Werner Fassbinder·Harry Baer

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

HBHarry Baer
Harry Baer
Rudolf Mann
HBHark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Gerhard Gast
MCMargit Carstensen
Margit Carstensen
Petra Vielhaber
ECEddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine
P. J. Lurz
JD
Jürgen Draeger
Hans Vielhaber
UKUdo Kier
Udo Kier
Edgar Gast
VSVolker Spengler
Volker Spengler
August
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Susanne Gast
BOBulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier
Hilde Krieger
GKGünther Kaufmann
Günther Kaufmann
Franz Walsch
CHClaus Holm
Claus Holm
Opa Gast
RG
Raúl Gimenez
Paul

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